The Law: Stun Gun

Calm and smiling, the blonde young woman turned to the Miami gas-station
attendant, raised what looked like a gray flashlightand fired. "I
fell on the floor and couldn't move," recalled William Lawson. "It was
like sticking your finger in a wall socket . . . the worst pain I ever
felt." Though he did not know it at the time, Lawson, 27, had been
felled by a brand-new, high-voltage weapon called the stun gun. More
properly known as a Taser,* the gun was developed for law-enforcement
use. No police force has yet bought it, but thugs are apparently less
cautious about...